Ford Motor Co has recalled nearly 129,000 of its Mercury Milan and top-selling Ford Fusion in the US because their 17-inch steel wheels may fall off, US safety regulators said on Friday. The cars’ wheel studs may fracture while driving, leading to “vibration and/or wheel separation, increasing the risk of a crash,” the National Highway [...]
Ford Motor Co. this week is unveiling 2 refreshed versions of its 2013 Ford Taurus with improvements inside and out. The Taurus and Taurus SHO will be presented to the worldwide automotive media today at the New York International Auto Show Ford and Sony threw a party and somewhere along the way unveiled a new [...]
Jon Favreau has been teasing “Cowboys and Aliens” film for some time now — bringing snippets to Austin, inviting select few journalists to his editing bay, and screening nearly forty minutes to lucky press members. The rest of us, to be honest, would rather see the whole movie, but that doesn’t happen until July. But [...]
Ford Motor Co. has agreed to recall 1.2 million more F-150 pickup trucks after more than 200 reports of sudden, unexpected air bag deployments. The new recall covers 16,000 2006 Lincoln Mark LT pickups. Ford is also recalling about 89,000 pickups in Canada and 47,000 in Mexico. The Dearborn automaker agreed to recall the 2004-06 [...]
Carl Edwards is off to the best start of his career and credits “a gift” from Tony Stewart for his first win of the season. Carl Stewart had the dominant car Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway but had to shuffle his strategy when a penalty on pit road crippled his chances. Edwards crew chief [...]
Ford Focus Electric hit the center stage at the 81st Geneva Motor Show this year. We first saw the vehicle in January at the North American International Auto Show. Ford’s first-ever all-electric passenger car is a zero-emissions, fuel-free, version of the popular hatchback. It will be the flagship of the company’s growing fleet of hybrid [...]
2011 Nascar Sprint Cup Phoenix Subway Fresh Fit 500 Bayne to backup car, smacks wall in practice Carl Edwards wins pole for Sprint Cup race at Phoenix Carl Edwards admitted that he still is replaying in his mind last weekend’s Daytona 500 finish in which 20-year-old upstart Trevor Bayne blocked Edwards’ hopes of winning NASCAR’s [...]
Prosecutors said Tuesday they plan to charge actress Lindsay Lohan with felony grand theft of a $2,500 necklace reported stolen from a jewelry store last month. L.A. County District Attorney’s Office will file felony grand theft charges against Lohan any day … though we’re told it won’t be today. Sources connected to the case tell [...]
